Comrade To Lam, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, paid a successful state visit to China from August 18-20 at the invitation of his counterpart, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and President of the People’s Republic of China.
Testifying to the special relationship between the socialist neighbours, this was Lam’s first overseas visit since he assumed the leading post in the CPV on August 3, following the death of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on July 19. Lam was previously elected head of state in May and, in accordance with customary Vietnamese diplomatic practice, paid his first overseas visits in that capacity to Laos and Cambodia (July 11-13).
Immediately prior to Lam’s departure for China, the Vietnamese newspaper Nhân Dân carried a series of interviews with leading Vietnamese and Chinese personalities and experts on the significance of the visit and the historical background of Vietnam-China friendship.
Vietnamese Ambassador to China Pham Sao Mai said this is the first trip abroad by Party General Secretary and State President Lam in his new position, and that it demonstrates the great importance the Vietnamese party and state attach to the development of the friendly neighbourliness and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.
The ambassador stressed that the visit would take place at a very special point in time, in the year that marks the centenary of President Ho Chi Minh’s arrival in Guangzhou from Moscow for revolutionary activities. While in Guangzhou, President Ho Chi Minh and other Vietnamese revolutionaries received wholehearted support and help from the Chinese party and people.
Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo said the two counties will together follow their respective paths towards socialism and modernisation with distinctive characteristics, jointly advancing the global socialist cause, and contributing to regional and global peace, stability and development.
To Lam and his party began their visit by flying to the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou in the morning of August 18.
Meeting with the Secretary of the Party Committee of Guangdong province Huang Kunming and other local leaders, he emphasised that his first state visit to China after assuming the CPV leadership role is, together with Party General Secretary and President Xi and other key leaders of China, to discuss measures to continue deepening and elevating the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries and building a Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance, meeting the interests of the two countries, and for the sake of peace, cooperation and development in the region and the world. He stressed that Vietnam always attaches importance and gives top priority to developing ties with China.
To Lam paid floral tribute to martyr Pham Hong Thai at his grave in the Huang Hua Gang Memorial Park, and visited the relic site of the headquarters of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League in Guangzhou city.
Pham Hong Thai was born on May 14, 1895, in Hung Nguyen district, in the central province of Nghe An. He tried to assassinate then French Governor-General Martial Merlin when he visited Guangzhou. After the unsuccessful assassination, he was hunted and then threw himself in the Pearl River on June 19, 1924.
Thai is the only foreigner buried in the Huang Hua Gang Memorial Park besides over 70 Chinese martyrs, who died during the 1911 Wuchang Uprising.
In a 2022 article published in the South China Morning Post, British historian and author Paul French described the background to Thai’s action:
“The governor-general was kind enough to answer questions from assembled reporters and mingled and gossiped with the leading lights of the French community, before giving a short speech extolling the supposed tranquility and growing prosperity of Indochina under French rule.
“But things were not as serene as Merlin had suggested in his speech that evening. Resistance to French colonial rule was building, and young people were finding inspiration from liberation movements in Ireland, Korea and the recently established Republic of China.
“An anonymous letter, accompanied by a photograph, was delivered to the Guangzhou newspaper Xianxiang Bao two days after the bombing.
“It identified the bomber as Pham Hong Thai and included his testimony admitting to the attack, declaring Thai as a member of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Army and that a 10-man team had been dispatched to Guangzhou to kill the governor-general.
“Thai had posed as a journalist to gain access… while it was thought that other members of the cell may have also been on the island posing as waiters, cooks or rickshaw pullers.
“The missive concluded, ‘I will not be regretful for this deed even if I die. I wish that what I have done will make other nations understand the suffering of my people and help us.’
“In Guangzhou it appears he joined the Tam Tam Xa, or the Society of Like Hearts, a group of young activists opposed to their more conservative elders in the liberation movement. Their aim was to awaken the people of Indochina to the anti-colonial struggle.
“The French tried to paint Thai as a terrorist, a mad anarchist bent on murder and destruction, but the group had chosen to target Merlin specifically because he was recalcitrant on Indochina and had launched a campaign, as historian Tim Harper writes in his 2020 book Underground Asia, ‘to silence and eliminate patriots outside Vietnam’.
“Naturally, the Tam Tam Xa claimed Thai as a martyr. His photograph and the story of his life and death (sometimes suggested as a self-sacrificial act to prevent capture) circulated widely, throughout Guangzhou, southern China, Hong Kong and, of course, Indochina.
“The French consulate in Guangzhou was annoyed that the Nationalist government arranged for Thai’s body to be disinterred from a pauper’s grave and reinterred in the city’s Huanghuagang Cemetery, next to Chinese revolutionaries who had died in the uprisings of 1911 that saw the creation of the Chinese Republic.
“But by then the French authorities in Hanoi had lost control of the narrative. Pham Hong Thai was, and is still, a national hero.
“At the end of 1924, a man calling himself Nguyen Ai Quoc (‘Nguyen the Patriot’) arrived in Guangzhou and appealed to the surviving members of Tam Tam Xa to join his new Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League.
“Five years later, meeting secretly in Kowloon, Quoc and others formed the Communist Party of Vietnam, and he eventually changed his name again, this time to Ho Chi Minh.”
Following this visit, Lam and his entourage then visited the relic site of the headquarters of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League on Wen Ming Street, a place connected to the revolutionary career of late President Ho Chi Minh during 1924-1927. They were moved to see the photos documenting Ho’s activities with local people.
“The delegation of the party and state of Vietnam is extremely moved to visit the relic site of the headquarters of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League,” To Lam wrote in the guest book.
“It is the place where beloved President Ho Chi Minh spent his years of revolutionary activities, trained Vietnam’s first generations of loyal communists, and witnessed the impartial and pure international communist sentiment, traditional friendship, solidarity and close bonds as both comrades and brothers between the two parties, two countries and two peoples.”
He sincerely thanked the Chinese party and state, and the Party Committee and administration of Guangdong province for always paying attention to preserving and conserving the relic site. “May the Vietnam-China friendship last forever,” he concluded.
While in the city, Lam also met with representatives of friendship organisations, family members of revolutionary generals, experts and advisors who had assisted Vietnam during its resistance wars.
The meeting also saw the participation of officials and staff involved in preserving relic sites relating to the Vietnamese revolution, Chinese prominent intellectuals, scholars and researchers on Vietnam, former Chinese ambassadors to Vietnam, and Chinese young people.
Huang Kunming, Secretary of the Guangdong provincial Party Committee, affirmed that the people of the province will continue to carry forward the tradition of Vietnam-China relations.
The Vietnam-China friendship, founded by President Ho Chi Minh and Chairman Mao Zedong and nurtured by generations of leaders and people of both countries, remains an invaluable common asset of the parties, states, and people of both nations that must be continuously nurtured and developed, he said.
To Lam expressed his deep emotion as he noted that his visit to China began in Guangzhou, where exactly 100 years ago, Uncle Ho arrived after a 13-year journey seeking a path to save the nation, laid the theoretical and organisational foundation for the establishment of the Communist Party of Vietnam, founded the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League, and trained eminent CPV leaders.
Guangzhou was also the place where President Ho Chi Minh engaged in Vietnamese revolutionary activities while actively joining the Chinese revolutionary movement and the international communist movement, the leader said.
He highlighted the historical collaboration between revolutionary leaders of Vietnam and China as a shining example in the global proletarian revolutionary movement, laying a solid foundation for the enduring friendship between the two countries.
To Lam thanked the Chinese party and state, and the party organisation and authorities of Guangdong for their meticulous preservation of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League relic site and the grave of martyr Pham Hong Thai.
The Vietnamese party, state, and people always appreciate the valuable assistance provided by their Chinese counterparts, both in the past and in the current cause of national construction and development, he added.
The Vietnamese leader expressed full confidence that every participant in the meeting shares a common aspiration for the Vietnam-China relationship to remain forever vibrant and enduring. He believed that they would continue to make significant contributions to consolidating a more solid social foundation, as affirmed in the Vietnam-China Joint Declaration during General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam in December 2023.
Chinese delegates shared their memories of President Ho Chi Minh from his time in China, recounting their experiences working alongside Vietnamese veterans and their efforts in preserving and promoting Vietnamese revolutionary relic sites in China.
They affirmed their commitments to inherit and nurture the profound fraternal friendship between Vietnam and China and uphold the shared ideals and trust in the ongoing efforts to build and develop their respective countries.
The meeting was co-organised by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations, and the Vietnamese Consulate General in Guangzhou.
To Lam flew on to Beijing later on August 18. Having met with Vietnamese Embassy staff, representatives of the Vietnamese community and Vietnamese students studying in China that evening, he held a series of high-level meetings on August 19.
Meeting with Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader welcomed Lam’s state visit to China and once again congratulated him on his election as General Secretary of the CPV Central Committee.
Noting that China is the destination for Lam’s first overseas visit after he took office as General Secretary of the CPV Central Committee, Xi said this fully reflects the great importance Lam attaches to the relations between the two parties and the two countries, as well as the high level and strategic nature of China-Vietnam relations.
He pointed out that the CPC and the CPV have passed down their shared ideals and beliefs from generation to generation, forging the traditional friendship of “comrades-plus-brothers” between the two countries.
As two of the ruling Communist parties in today’s world, the CPC and the CPV should uphold and continue their traditional friendship, keep in mind their common mission, adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party and the socialist system, continue to deepen the building of the China-Vietnam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance, and jointly promote the development of the world socialist cause, Xi said.
To Lam responded that the CPV and the Vietnamese government always attach importance to developing relations with China and regard China as the strategic choice and top priority of Vietnam’s foreign policy, noting that the Vietnamese side will adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party and the socialist path, deepen the Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, and push forward the building of the Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang also met with the Vietnamese leader on August 19.
Noting that China considers Vietnam a priority in its neighbourhood diplomacy, Li said China is ready to carry forward the long-standing friendship, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, and work toward the goals of higher political mutual trust, more solid security cooperation, deeper practical cooperation, stronger public support, closer multilateral coordination and cooperation, and better management and resolution of differences.
China is willing to move faster to synergise the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with Vietnam’s Two Corridors and One Economic Circle strategy, enhance connectivity, expand trade and investment, and strengthen cooperation in such areas as agriculture, infrastructure, energy, the digital economy, green development and key minerals.
Lam said his country is willing to work with China to strengthen exchange at all levels, consolidate political mutual trust, and deepen cooperation in such fields as trade, investment, transportation, tourism and education to promote the construction of a Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.
To Lam also met with Zhao Leji, Chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, and Wang Huning, Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
Lam once again extended heartfelt gratitude to Wang for his role as the Special Representative of Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping during the funeral for late Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. This gesture, he said, reflected the profound respect and regard of the Chinese party, government and people for the Vietnam-China relationship and the late Vietnamese leader.
To Lam also paid tribute at the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, described in the Vietnamese press as a close comrade of the Vietnamese people, and held a working session at the CPC’s Central Party School.
The following articles were originally published by the Xinhua News Agency and Nhân Dân.
Xi, Lam hold talks, guiding development of China-Vietnam community with shared future
BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, held talks with To Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Vietnamese president, on Monday in Beijing.
Xi welcomed Lam’s state visit to China and once again congratulated him on his election as general secretary of the CPV Central Committee.
CARRYING FORWARD TRADITIONAL FRIENDSHIP
China is the destination for Lam’s first overseas visit after he took office as general secretary of the CPV Central Committee. Xi said this fully reflects the great importance Lam attaches to the relations between the two parties and the two countries, as well as the high level and strategic nature of China-Vietnam relations.
He pointed out that the CPC and the CPV have passed down their shared ideals and beliefs from generation to generation, forging the traditional friendship of “comrades-plus-brothers” between the two countries.
As two of the ruling Communist parties in today’s world, the CPC and the CPV should uphold and continue their traditional friendship, keep in mind their common mission, adhere to the leadership of the Communist party and the socialist system, continue to deepen the building of the China-Vietnam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance, and jointly promote the development of the world socialist cause, Xi said.
The CPV and the Vietnamese government always attach importance to developing relations with China and regard China as the strategic choice and top priority of Vietnam’s foreign policy, Lam said, noting that the Vietnamese side will adhere to the leadership of the Communist party and the socialist path, deepen the Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, and push forward the building of the Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.
“Lam’s visit comes just half a month after he was elected general secretary of the Central Committee of the CPV, showing the importance the Vietnamese side attaches to relations with China,” said Chen Hongsheng, director of Institute of Vietnamese Studies, Guangxi Academy of Social Sciences.
“In particular, Lam arrived in south China’s Guangzhou on Sunday, visited the places that witnessed Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary activities in China, and exchanged views with friendly personages from China and Vietnam. This is of great significance to consolidating and developing the traditional friendship between the two countries and boosting the continuous progress of bilateral relations,” Chen said.
DEEPER PRACTICAL COOPERATION
Xi underscored that at the critical stage of national development and revitalization, China and Vietnam should strive to consolidate the development pattern featuring higher political mutual trust, more solid security cooperation, deeper practical cooperation, stronger public support, closer multilateral coordination and cooperation, and better management and resolution of differences.
China is ready to maintain close strategic communication and high-level exchanges with Vietnam, firmly adhere to mutual support, actively explore ways to expand synergy between the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Two Corridors and One Economic Circle strategy, accelerate the “hard connectivity” of railway, expressway and port infrastructure, enhance the “soft connectivity” of smart customs, and jointly build a secure and stable industrial and supply chain, Xi said.
Vietnam is willing to maintain close high-level exchanges, deepen strategic mutual trust, enhance synergy of development strategies, and promote mutually beneficial cooperation with China, Lam said.
China has been Vietnam’s largest trading partner since 2004, and Vietnam is China’s largest trading partner within ASEAN.
In 2017, China and Vietnam signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the joint implementation of the China-proposed BRI and Vietnam’s Two Corridors and One Economic Circle strategy to expedite cooperation across diverse sectors.
In the first seven months of 2024, a total of 6,850 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers of goods were shipped via China-Vietnam freight trains departing from south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, marking a 16-fold increase year on year.
Moreover, thanks to favorable policies such as direct air routes and visa facilitation, the cross-border tourism between China and Vietnam has shown vigorous development. This two-way surge in travel not only boosts the development of the tourism industry, but also deepens the cultural exchange and friendship between the two countries, a Chinese tourism official said.
A SHARED FUTURE
During Xi’s visit to Vietnam last December, the two countries jointly announced the elevation of bilateral ties to a China-Vietnam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.
In his talks with Lam, Xi expressed the willingness to establish good working relations and personal friendship with Lam to jointly guide the substantial development in building a China-Vietnam community with a shared future.
He also called for joint efforts to uphold the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and other basic norms governing international relations, promote an equal and orderly multi-polar world and economic globalization that benefits all, uphold international fairness and justice and the common interests of developing countries, and work to build a community with a shared future for mankind.
For his part, Lam said that the CPV and the Vietnamese government will carry on the legacy of Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong, adhere to the leadership of the Communist party and the socialist path, deepen the Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, and push forward the building of the Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.
Vietnam firmly pursues the one-China policy, supports China in achieving national reunification, and firmly opposes any interference in China’s internal affairs, Lam said.
Vietnam supports and is willing to actively participate in the initiative to build a community with a shared future for humanity, as well as the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative, Lam said, adding that Vietnam is also willing to work closely with China to strengthen multilateral international cooperation, uphold multilateralism, safeguard international fairness and justice, and make positive contributions to promoting world peace and development.
During Lam’s visit to China, the two sides will also issue a joint statement on further strengthening China-Vietnam comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership and promoting the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future.
Top leaders of Vietnam, China hold talks in Beijing
Aug. 19 (Nhân Dân) — General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and President of Vietnam To Lam held talks with General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping in Beijing on August 19.
Welcoming Lam, his spouse, and a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese Party and State on a state visit to China, Xi congratulated his guest on being elected as General Secretary of the CPV Central Committee and President of Vietnam.
He once again offered deep condolences over the passing of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, appreciating the deceased’s enormous and significant contributions to the revolutionary cause of Vietnam, the China-Vietnam relations, as well as the development of socialism around the world.
Xi expressed his belief that the Vietnamese Party and State will continue upholding Party General Secretary Trong’s legacy to obtain even greater achievements on the path of Doi moi (Renewal) and socialism building.
The Chinese leader emphasised that the first state visit to China and also the first overseas trip by Lam as the top leader of the Vietnamese Party and State holds extreme significance as it reflects the great importance and top priority that both Parties and countries give to the China – Vietnam ties.
It is now an important point of time for the two countries to elevate the bilateral relations to a new height that is more intensive and practical in all aspects, he remarked, stressing that Vietnam is a priority in China’s foreign policy and that China supports Vietnam’s perseverance in the CPV’s leadership and promotion of the socialism building.
On behalf of the Vietnamese Party, State, and people, Party General Secretary and President Lam thanked the CPC Central Committee for sending condolences and holding many special acts over the passing of General Secretary Trong. He considered the moves a strong demonstration of the height of the two Parties and two countries’ relations, along with Xi’s special sentiments towards the late leader.
Party General Secretary and President Lam noted that he hopes to join hands with General Secretary and President Xi along with other high-ranking leaders of the Chinese Party and State to continue nurturing the traditional friendship and promoting the Vietnam – China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership and a community of shared future that carries strategic significance.
He underlined that Vietnam always attaches importance to and give the top priority to the friendly neighbourliness, the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, and the community of shared future that carries strategic significance with China.
The Vietnamese leader also affirmed the wish to work with his counterpart and other high-ranking leaders of China to inherit and well bring into play the long-standing friendship between the two Parties and the two countries, and bring the bilateral ties to a new stage of increasingly stable, sustainable, and long-term development. At the talks, the two leaders discussed the situation of each Party, each country, as well as the ties between the two Parties and the two countries.
They noted with satisfaction that the relations between the two Parties and the two countries, especially since the historic mutual visits by their top Party leaders in 2022 and 2023, have sustained the development trend with many bright spots recorded as in line with the six major orientations, namely higher political trust, more practical and deeper defence – security cooperation, more solid social foundation, closer multilateral coordination, and better control and settlement of differences.
Lam stated that amidst complicated and unpredictable developments in the world and the region, Vietnam stays steadfast in its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship, cooperation and development, and diversification and multilateralisation of external relations, and persists with the “four no’s” defence policy.
Xi strongly affirmed that China persists with its policy of friendship with Vietnam and always considers Vietnam a priority direction and strategic choice in its neighbourhood diplomacy policy.
The leaders had an in-depth discussion on major orientations to strengthen trust, reinforce friendship and enhance substantive cooperation between the two sides across all fields, maintain peace and stability at sea, and ensure the healthy, stable and sustainable development of the Vietnam-China relations following the “16-word” motto and the “four-good” spirit.
They reached high consensus on promoting political trust, maintaining regular exchanges and meetings among high-level leaders of the two Parties and countries, attaching importance to the strategically guiding role of the Party channel for the overall bilateral relations, and continuing to deepen theory cooperation through mechanisms such as theory conference between the two Parties, sharing with each other the latest theoretical and practical achievements recorded by each Party and country in a timely manner, contributing to the cause of each Party and country.
The leaders underlined the significance of strengthening and promoting practical cooperation areas. Accordingly, they concurred to continue bolstering collaboration in security and defence, boosting economic, trade and investment cooperation, including the promotion of connectivity under the “two corridors, one belt,” “belt and road” initiatives, fostering railway and road infrastructure connections, strengthening cooperation in supply chain as well as economic cooperation among border localities, and increasing exchanges in the reform of State-owned enterprises.
Lam suggested that the two sides strengthen cooperation in constructing major and symbolic works to match their political trust, demonstrating the advanced science-technology development of China. He asked for China’s support in soft loans, technology transfer, human resources training, and high-quality investment in key transport infrastructure projects of Vietnam, as well as China’s increase of investment cooperation in areas where China has many advantages such as green economy and digital economy.
Xi pledged that China is ready to increase imports of Vietnamese agricultural products, expand Vietnamese trade promotion offices in China, and provide favourable conditions for high-quality farm produce of Vietnam to reach its market.
Underlining that the two sides are heading to the celebration of the 75th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations in 2025, the top Vietnamese and Chinese leaders agreed on the necessity of further enhancing people-to-people exchanges, promoting mutual understanding and friendship sentiments between the two countries’ people, especially the youth. They agreed to designate 2025 as the “Year for Vietnam-China Humanistic Exchange”.
The leaders also tough upon international and regional issues of shared concern, stressing the coordination and mutual support at multilateral forums and international mechanisms on the foundation of the legitimate interest of the two countries, making positive contributions to the common interests of the international community.
Regarding issues at sea, the two sides had a sincere and straightforward discussion and agreed to effectively implement reached high-level perceptions, working hard to better control and settle differences.
Lam proposed that the two sides respect each other’s legitimate interests, settling disagreements through peaceful measures in line with the UN Charter and international law, including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), seriously and fully realising the Declaration on Code of Conducts of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and working for a substantive and effective Code of Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (COC) in accordance with international law and the 1982 UNCLOS.
Lam took the occasion to invite Xi to soon visit Vietnam. The latter accepted the invitation with pleasure.
Concluding the talks, Lam and Xi witnessed the signing of cooperation documents between ministries, agencies and localities of the two sides across areas of Party school affairs, import-export of agricultural products, radio and television, press and communications, health care, infrastructure, economy, trade, industry, and banking.
Following the talks, the Chinese leader treated his Vietnamese counterpart to a tea party, a special form of contact maintained during many high-level visits in recent years between the top leaders of the two Parties and countries, demonstrating the respect and spirit of “comradeship and brotherhood” between them.
In a fancy, cozy and friendly atmosphere, the two leaders reviewed the tradition of friendship between the two Parties and countries, talked about tea culture in the customs and practices of each country, re-evaluated the common perceptions just reached at their talks, and emphasised the importance of lifting bilateral relations to a new height.
Chinese premier meets Vietnam’s top leader
BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday met with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Vietnamese President To Lam, who is on a state visit to China.
Noting that China considers Vietnam a priority in its neighborhood diplomacy, Li said China is ready to carry forward the long-standing friendship, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, and work toward the goals of higher political mutual trust, more solid security cooperation, deeper practical cooperation, stronger public support, closer multilateral coordination and cooperation, and better management and resolution of differences.
Li noted that China and Vietnam are interconnected economically and in trade, and have high industry complementarity and broad space for cooperation.
China is willing to move faster to synergize the Belt and Road Initiative with Vietnam’s Two Corridors and One Economic Circle strategy, enhance connectivity, expand trade and investment, and strengthen cooperation in such areas as agriculture, infrastructure, energy, the digital economy, green development and key minerals, Li said.
China and Vietnam will host a series of activities celebrating the 75th anniversary of bilateral ties next year. Li said the two countries should deepen people-to-people exchange in areas such as culture, tourism, education and health to promote understanding and amity between the two peoples.
He also urged enhanced coordination under multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations, ASEAN and Lancang-Mekong Cooperation, and called for greater efforts to promote an equal, orderly, multipolar world and economic globalization that benefits all, aiming to contribute to regional and global peace and development.
To Lam said that Vietnam has always considered relations with China to be a strategic choice and top priority in its foreign policy, and that Vietnam adheres firmly to the one-China principle.
He said his country is willing to work with China to strengthen exchange at all levels, consolidate political mutual trust, and deepen cooperation in such fields as trade, investment, transportation, tourism and education to promote the construction of a Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.
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